This is how you get "Exchange" (PUSH) Gmail to work

[glossywhite]

View attachment 197249After tearing my hair out (almost) for an hour, I finally worked out how to setup PUSH Gmail on my iPod touch. If you use "@gmail.com" in your email address, change it to "@googlemail.com" when setting up your iPhone/iPod touch for Gmail Exchange account (PUSH email, contacts & calendars).

Here is the official link to setup:

http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138740&topic=14252

This may be duplicate information, but I just wanted to save people the frustration of it not working. One cool thing I noticed - if I send a message from myself to myself on the Mac, it appears IMMEDIATELY on the Mail.app badge on the iPod touch... if I don't open the Mail.app on the iPod touch, and read it anywhere else, the badge disappears immediately!.

 

[Unspoken Demise]

I used @gmail and mine works just fine.
Should I go and change it to @googlemail? Will I run into complications?

Oh, and hours? I found the link in a few minutes on my own. Googled "push gmail iphone" and that was the 1st link.

Dude, you forgot a blur. You may want to change it.

 

[xIGmanIx]

doesn't help you if you already have an exchange account setup. Apple should just allow google true push and be done with it. See all BB's

 

[glossywhite]

I used @gmail and mine works just fine.
Should I go and change it to @googlemail? Will I run into complications?

Oh, and hours? I found the link in a few minutes on my own. Googled "push gmail iphone" and that was the 1st link.

Dude, you forgot a blur. You may want to change it.

Thanks - didn't notice - added the blur

 

[Unspoken Demise]

Thanks - didn't notice - added the blur

You're welcome. Can you answer my 2 questions as well?

 

[glossywhite]

You're welcome. Can you answer my 2 questions as well?

changing to @googlemail.com will not affect it one bit.

 

[holyindian]

just adding @gmail.com worked for me